î*Banco Sudamericano
Sold to and rebranded as Scotiabank in 2006
Central Bank
Other Banks
The 15 largest banks in the Americas by total assets, as of 2019. [18]
Rank | Bank name | Country | Total assets (billions of US$) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | United States | $2,622.53 |
2 | Bank of America | United States | $2,354.51 |
3 | Citigroup Inc. | United States | $1,917.38 |
4 | Wells Fargo & Co. | United States | $1,895.88 |
5 | Royal Bank of Canada | Canada | $1,039.24 |
6 | Toronto-Dominion Bank | Canada | $1,006.00 |
7 | Goldman Sachs | United States | $931.80 |
8 | Morgan Stanley | United States | $853.53 |
9 | Scotiabank | Canada | $785.44 |
10 | Bank of Montreal | Canada | $613.56 |
11 | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | Canada | $467.55 |
12 | U.S. Bancorp | United States | $467.37 |
13 | Truist Financial | United States | $441.24 |
14 | Banco Itaú | Brazil | $401.10 |
15 | PNC Financial Services | United States | $382.32 |
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